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Ask HN: Which static site generator you use?

17 points by xcoding 9y ago

Davidbrcz 9y ago
Hugo : https://gohugo.io/ https://gohugo.io/
xparadigm 9y ago
Used Jekyll (https://jekyllrb.com/ https://jekyllrb.com/) for a while. But now Hugo (https://gohugo.io/ https://gohugo.io/).
- aliirz 9y ago
  What made you shift to hugo?
  - xparadigm 9y ago
    This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdiDYZ51a2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdiDYZ51a2o Not that I need that much speed. But could not resist.
probinso 9y ago
pelican, it supports jupyter notebooks
- dagw 9y ago
  Out of the box or as a plugin? I can't find anything on the pelican website.
geraldbauer 9y ago
It all depends e.g. what's your favorite (scripting) language? what's your favorite template (language)? what's your favorite configuration format / language? and so on. I've put together a stay static showcase - that shows the same website / sample site (w/ posts, pages, datafiles) in 10+ static website builders / generator - see https://github.com/staystatic/staystatic https://github.com/staystatic/staystatic Cheers.
laktek 9y ago
If you want to try something browser-based, not tied to any scripting languages - I'd like to introduce Pragma (https://pragma.build https://pragma.build). Read the intro blog post [0] and request for an invite if that sounds interesting. [0] https://www.laktek.com/2016/11/29/introducing-pragma/ https://www.laktek.com/2016/11/29/introducing-pragma/
jbreckmckye 9y ago
Octopress, because it handles code formatting particularly well.
perfmode 9y ago
Middleman
rurban 9y ago
Since my favorite scripting languages produced nothing of value in the last decade I started using hugo and don't care patching it. It just works.
stevenhubertron 9y ago
Jekyll and Middleman both on larger scale production sites.
gls2ro 9y ago
I use Jekyll for most static sites where I present information (most of them are internal websites for specific projects inside companies) And I use middleman when I want a little bit more custom things to happen.
rwieruch 9y ago
I can recommend to use Hugo [0] as a static website generator. They have plenty of themes [1] to choose from. You can still adjust it with basic knowledge in HTML/CSS. Afterward you can chose where to host it. You can use Github Pages [2] for free or pay for a service like DigitalOcean [3]. I wrote a technical cheatsheet [4] on how to setup your own website with these ingredients. - [0] https://gohugo.io/ https://gohugo.io/ - [1] http://themes.gohugo.io/ http://themes.gohugo.io/ - [2] https://pages.github.com/ https://pages.github.com/ - [3] https://www.digitalocean.com/ https://www.digitalocean.com/ - [4] http://www.robinwieruch.de/own-website-in-five-days/ http://www.robinwieruch.de/own-website-in-five-days/
- chauhankiran 9y ago
  Does GitHub support Hugo? As I only know that it has support for jekyll. If they support then I want try with it. I tried with jekyll but i find customization little complex.
  - xparadigm 9y ago
    You can deploy any static website with GitHub. You can't just run backend code and can't have a database there.
  - 0x54MUR41 9y ago
    Same. As far as I know, GitHub only supports Jekyll. If you need to serve Hugo for static site generator, I would recommend to use GitLab Pages [1]. It's free and you can connect your own domain and TLS certificates. Not to mention, your repository visibility. [1]: https://pages.gitlab.io/ https://pages.gitlab.io/
amirouche 9y ago
MyOwnStaticBlogGenerator

17 points by xcoding 9y ago

Hugo : https://gohugo.io/ https://gohugo.io/

Used Jekyll (https://jekyllrb.com/ https://jekyllrb.com/) for a while. But now Hugo (https://gohugo.io/ https://gohugo.io/).

aliirz 9y ago
What made you shift to hugo?
- xparadigm 9y ago
  This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdiDYZ51a2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdiDYZ51a2o Not that I need that much speed. But could not resist.

probinso 9y ago

pelican, it supports jupyter notebooks

dagw 9y ago
Out of the box or as a plugin? I can't find anything on the pelican website.

geraldbauer 9y ago

It all depends e.g. what's your favorite (scripting) language? what's your favorite template (language)? what's your favorite configuration format / language? and so on. I've put together a stay static showcase - that shows the same website / sample site (w/ posts, pages, datafiles) in 10+ static website builders / generator - see https://github.com/staystatic/staystatic https://github.com/staystatic/staystatic Cheers.

laktek 9y ago

If you want to try something browser-based, not tied to any scripting languages - I'd like to introduce Pragma (https://pragma.build https://pragma.build). Read the intro blog post [0] and request for an invite if that sounds interesting. [0] https://www.laktek.com/2016/11/29/introducing-pragma/ https://www.laktek.com/2016/11/29/introducing-pragma/

jbreckmckye 9y ago

Octopress, because it handles code formatting particularly well.

perfmode 9y ago

Middleman

rurban 9y ago

Since my favorite scripting languages produced nothing of value in the last decade I started using hugo and don't care patching it. It just works.

stevenhubertron 9y ago

Jekyll and Middleman both on larger scale production sites.

gls2ro 9y ago

I use Jekyll for most static sites where I present information (most of them are internal websites for specific projects inside companies) And I use middleman when I want a little bit more custom things to happen.

rwieruch 9y ago

I can recommend to use Hugo [0] as a static website generator. They have plenty of themes [1] to choose from. You can still adjust it with basic knowledge in HTML/CSS. Afterward you can chose where to host it. You can use Github Pages [2] for free or pay for a service like DigitalOcean [3]. I wrote a technical cheatsheet [4] on how to setup your own website with these ingredients. - [0] https://gohugo.io/ https://gohugo.io/ - [1] http://themes.gohugo.io/ http://themes.gohugo.io/ - [2] https://pages.github.com/ https://pages.github.com/ - [3] https://www.digitalocean.com/ https://www.digitalocean.com/ - [4] http://www.robinwieruch.de/own-website-in-five-days/ http://www.robinwieruch.de/own-website-in-five-days/

chauhankiran 9y ago
Does GitHub support Hugo? As I only know that it has support for jekyll. If they support then I want try with it. I tried with jekyll but i find customization little complex.
- xparadigm 9y ago
  You can deploy any static website with GitHub. You can't just run backend code and can't have a database there.
- 0x54MUR41 9y ago
  Same. As far as I know, GitHub only supports Jekyll. If you need to serve Hugo for static site generator, I would recommend to use GitLab Pages [1]. It's free and you can connect your own domain and TLS certificates. Not to mention, your repository visibility. [1]: https://pages.gitlab.io/ https://pages.gitlab.io/

amirouche 9y ago

MyOwnStaticBlogGenerator